Gene Sarazen Flight Page 31-32
Sam Snead Flight Page 33-34
Byron Nelson Flight Page 35-36
Dear Members and Guests:
Welcome to the 2025 5th Annual Milk Run Invitational. Please take a few minutes to look over the information in this booklet. In it you will find the schedule of events, tournament information, special events, rules of play, 2024 Champions, and a list of all of the teams and flights competing this year.
Best of Luck and enjoy the Milk Run,
Thursday, June 19th
Tee Times all day for Optional Practice Round Tournament
Please call/email the Golf Shop to arrange tee times & pairings
Favor Pickup: Club House Main Entrance 12-6. If you do not pick up on this day then you can pick it up on Friday morning.
Calcutta: JC Phelan’s House, 5810 S. Bodin St.
*We encourage players to Uber, walk from Ruth Lake. Jim Collins will leave his gate open behind 17 Green or park opposite side of the street from JC’s.
Please try to carpool as there will be limited parking.*
6:00 pm - Cocktails, Appetizers, Shot Across The Lake Contest to #10 Green Contest
7:30 pm - Auction begins
Friday, June 20th
7:30 - 9:15 am - Registration, breakfast, warm-up on range, and betting
9:30 am - 1st Round Matches (Shotgun Start)
11:30 am - Lunch - stop by the Casamigos table at Shelter House and grab one of Juan’s famous margaritas!
12:00 pm - 2nd Round Matches (Shotgun Start)
2:30 pm - 3rd Round Matches
(Shotgun Start)
6:00 pm - Men’s Stag Night - Pair your steak with a taste of Garrison Brothers Bourbon from Texas. Tastings will be available from 5:30pm to 7:30pm in front of the clock tower. If interested in purchasing a bottle, orders will be taken at the table night of!
Saturday, June 21st
7:30 - 9:15 am - Breakfast and warm-up on range 9:30 am - 4th Round Matches (Shotgun Start)
12:00 pm - 5th Round Matches (Shotgun Start)
3:00 pm - Shootout begins for Flight Champions
6:00 - 9:00 pm - Cocktails, scoring, awards, with spouse or special guest near first tee and east patio; dinner to follow in the Ballrooms
Friday & Saturday
Tournament Format
The format is better ball of pairs match play. Each team will play five nine-hole matches (three on Friday and two on Saturday) in flights of six teams per flight. Flights are arranged by total team handicap index; we are using the lowest index of the past 12 months for all players; handicaps taken from June 9th. The Committee reserves the right to alter flights in any way; expanding the field, creating “Open Flights” for teams with more than 10 handicap index stroke spread (teams with a 9 handicap index stroke spread may be added to fill in Open Flights), or anything else deemed to be in the best interest of the Event.
Rules
For each nine-hole match, players will receive one half of their handicap. Each match will be handicapped off the lowest handicapped player in the foursome. Half shots will apply. Scoring of matches will be as follows: 1 pt. for winning a hole, 1/2 pt. for halve of hole, and 0 pts. for loss of hole.
After all five nine-hole matches have been played, the team with the most points will be declared the winner and qualify for the Shootout.
All play will be from the II tees: Any player wishing to use any other set of tees may do so and their Handicap will be adjusted.
Exception: Any player whose handicap is established from a set of tees other than II Tees, may choose to play those tees and have their handicap adjusted accordingly.
In the event of a tie for 1st Place in a flight, we will be following a three step process:
• 1st - Head to Head Match
• 2nd - Most Wins
• 3rd - Most Final Day Points
• 4th - If all Tie Breaks Tie then it will be a coin flip
Wildcard: 2 Wildcard Teams that do not win their flight but have the most overall points will make the Horse Race.
There will be a Grand Champion Shootout to determine the Overall Champion. The format for the playoff will be True Alternate Shot. Five teams will be eliminated on Hole #17, four teams will be eliminated on hole #18, and the final three teams will play #10. Ties will be broken by a chip off (No Putting Allowed) from a designated spot chose by the Head Professional. Combined distance will determine the winner. Flights 1-2 will play from the Lake Tees, Flights 3-7,9,10 will play from the II Tees, Flight 8 from the III Tees. No Handicap Strokes will be used for the Shootout.
Pari-Mutuels
Minimum wager is $5 across the board ($15) and all increments must be in $5. There will be three separate betting options: A) Friday play, B) Saturday play, and C) Overall play. For Friday play and Saturday play, there are 2 races each day; Flights 1-5 (teams 1 -30) and Flights 6-10 (teams 31-60). For the day money you are only competing against the teams in your race, for the overall money you are competing against every team in the field. Day 1’s Race and the Overall race bets must be made before the first shotgun on Friday. Day 2’s races will be available for betting on Saturday Morning.
Coyote Number
Both Friday and Saturday there will be a random point total chosen. All teams that reach that point total for the day will split the entries collected. $100 cash entry per team covers you for both days. Winning coyote number will be published at the end of the day on the scoreboard.
Overall Champion Flight Pool
$100 cash entry per team. All money collected will be paid out equally to all teams in the flight of the team that wins the Grand Champion Shoot Out. Ex. As long as every team entered, the $3,000 prize would be split 6 ways ($500 to each team in the flight).
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Goldrush’ Cash Raffle
100 chances numbered 1 to 100 will be sold for $100 each. You may buy as many as you wish and put yours, your guests or either spouses’ names on the chance. We will be eliminating numbers (10 at a time/ in waves of 30) during dinner on Saturday night. For every ten numbers drawn out, we will draw one of those ten for a consolation prize ($100 golf shop certificate). The ten finalists will be announced and called up to the stage. We will eliminate five more names (another consolation prize will be raffled off). The five finalists will then be eliminated one at a time until we reach the final two. At that time, if the final two wishes to split they may, but if one person wants to continue, we will. The grand prize is $9,000 in cash!
Golf Shop Raffle
There will be a golf shop raffle available Friday and Saturday (#1 tee); squares may be purchased on both days. All money taken will be raffled off in merchandise Friday and Saturday night (there will be separate raffles for each day). Cost of raffle squares are 3 for $20, 10 for $50, and 30 for $100.
Route 83 Shoot-Out (Saturday)
Hole #14, each player for a $20 cash entry, may enter a “winners take all” closest to the pin contest. A member of the Ruth Lake Golf Staff will sign you up on the tee. After the entire group hits their shots, they will go with you to the green and take measurements of the balls closest to the hole. They will not reveal any other information. The winners will be announced Saturday night. The split will be 1st –60%, 2nd – 30%, 3rd – 10%.
PAYOUT WILL BE IN CASH.
Beat
the
Pro (Friday, #14, first 18 holes)
$10 to $100 wager. Test your skills against a member of the Ruth Lake Golf Staff. You hit first, Golf Staff hits last.
Payouts are as follows: Hit the Green- DOUBLE YOUR BET
Hit the Green & Inside Golf Staff- TRIPLE YOUR BET
Miss Green- LOSE YOUR BET
Overall Champions
Sam Meyer & Ryan Keefe
Runner-Up
Derek DeLaMater & Ryan DeLaMater
Third Place
Doug Kramer & Dan Cole
2023 Overall Champions
Kevin Wozniak & Ken Wroblewski
Jack Nicklaus
Sam Meyer & Ryan Keefe
Tiger Woods
Ryan Sullivan & Brian Tkach
Lee Trevino
Vijay Thangamani & Charles Mckenna
Ben Hogan
Kevin O’Rourke & Eric Workman
Bobby Jones
Doug Kramer & Dan Cole
Arnold Palmer
Leo Brubaker & Jeff Clennon
Walter Hagen
Andy Davet & Mark Slocum
Gene Sarazen
Derek DeLaMater & Ryan DeLaMater
Sam Snead
Martin Brotschul & Martin Kelly
Byron Nelson
Jason Montrie & Bill Montrie
Member Guest Club
Mike Agema
Brad Angeletti
Adrian Aucoin
Jack Berkery
Adam Machones Northland CC, Minnesota
Steve Venetsanopoulos Edgewood Valley CC, Illinois
Jim Dixon Wedgewood G & CC, Ohio
Tom Eiseman Medinah CC, Illinois
Darin Boddicker Bob Bode TPC Prestancia, FL
Martin Brotschul
Kevin Brower
Leo Brubaker
Dave Burt
Greg Bynan
Chris Catalano
Jack Cumming
Andy Davet
Martin Kelly Harborside International, Illinois
David Gervase Bolingbrook GC, Illinois
Jeff Clennon Riverside GC, Illinois
Jimmer Noel NebGolf Member, Nebraska
Mike Franko Lost Dunes, Michigan
Mike Mittelstadt Butterfield CC, Illinois
Luke Penskar Royal Oaks CC, Washington
Mark Slocum Arrowhead GC, Illinois
John Dean Robert Weber Long Beach CC, Indiana
Derek DeLaMater
Tom Driscoll
Mike Dunbar
Michael Dunn
Ed Dunphy
Peter Elliott
Wally Fikri
Jacque DeLaMater Ruth Lake CC, Illinois
Rich Zajeski Butterfield CC, Illinois
Ray Sullivan Mistwood GC, Illinois
Mike Passananti Butterfield CC, Illinois
Mike Parrillo Butterfield CC, Illinois
Zack Elliott
Pat Landdrosh
Ruth Lake CC, Illinois
CDGA Members Club, Illinois
Member Guest Club
Marc Gantar
Andy Smith Spring Lake CC, Illinois
Steven Groetsema Matt Bolt Oak Brook GC, Illinois
Charlton Gronlund John Denning The Hills CC, Texas
Andrew Hendrie
Mike Higgins
Kevin Holmes
Tim Kessler
J Maggio
Mike McCurry
John McGowan
Bob McGrath
Sam Meyer
Jason Montrie
Justin Simon Rolling Rock Club, Pennsylvania
Jeremy Schlee Beverly CC, Illinois
Matt Allison Oak Brook GC, Illinois
Yale Dieckmann Westmoreland CC, Illinois
James Maggio Copperleaf GC, Florida
Eric Camfield CDGA Members Club, Illinois
Justin Harris Country Club of Lincoln, Nebraska
Tom Davidson Royal Melbourne CC, Illinois
George Elliott CDGA Members Club, Illinois
Bill Montrie Plum Creek GC, Indiana
Rich Morley Joe Franco Edgewood Valley CC, Illinois
Kevin O’Rourke
Dan Owens
Lucas Pain
JC Phelan
Kevin Phelan
Chris Pirrera
Tim Quirk
Andrew Brunsen CDGA Members Club, Illinois
Chad Hoge Fargo CC, North Dakota
George Pain Shell Point GC, Florida
Stan Smagala Butterfield CC, Illinois
Lewis Neill Butterfield CC, Illinois
Prasant Gondipalli CDGA Members Club, Illinois
Duffy Callahan Ridge CC, Illinois
Member Guest Club
Mike Ratcliff
Conor Real
Mike Graves Royal Fox GC, Illinois
Dan Walsh CDGA Members Club, Illinois
Pat Roxworthy Joe Vozar Seven Bridges GC, Illinois
Nathan Saegesser Casey Barber CDGA Members Club, Illinois
Barry Schwartz Steve Smith Butterfield CC, Illinois
Mike Sefton Chris Berry Spring Lake CC. Michigan
David Slark Tim Nolan Beverly CC, Illinois
Ross Sprovieri
Angelo Zucco Wedgewood GC, Illinois
Kyle Stern Joe Stern Petalum Golf & CC, California
Dave Stott
Mike Stott Austin CC, Texas
Todd Tabachka Jack Tabachka Ruth Lake CC, Illinois
Vijay Thangamani
Charles McKenna Cantigny GC, Illinois
Raghu Velamati Chris O’Keeffe Medinah CC, Illinois
Matt Vranicar Mark Vranicar Ruth Lake CC, Illinois
Mike Wierzbicki Charlie Sleezer Black Sheep GC, Illinois
John Yedinak Oscar Blanco Oak Brook CC, Illinois
Tom Zimmerman Frank Zimmerman CDGA Members Club, Illinois
